I think I've read that it is. I'm running an NT4 domain still, is it really off limits to me? If so, why?

Hi fly, don't know why, but AD is required. See M$

Daniel

Yeah, the need for AD is a little bit of a waste...but there is always this:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

Hope that gets you where you need to be...good luck!

Hmm.. the full functionality of RIS is off limits if u dont have Active Directory. However, the PXE functionality of RIS can still be implemented without a Active Directory. This would not intergrate the installations to the LDAP service, but u would still be able to boot clients of the PXE service.

this is from memory so correct me if I am off track:

1. Just get hold of the instsrv.exe (support tool i think for adding a service)

2. Place the tcpsvcs.exe in c:\windows\system32

3. Supply the correct parameters for adding tcpsvcs.exe as the service target .exe file and name the service as a normal RIS installation would name the the service (BINLSVC/Remote Installation)

4. I think u r ready to go.....

maby this could be something for u? if not, there is alot of 3 party PXE sevices as well that would do the trick for u without using RIS. Even think Intel has some free PXE tool...

Good luck to you...

Dell uses an Intel PXE server program to restore an original config to it's NAS boxes. I had to use it once too. It wasn't pretty getting it setup, but once I did it ran just fine. Not sure if this is free or not, but worth a look, or if you have access to any Dell NAS hardware you may already have it.